It’s been a long time …
It’s been two and half years since my last post. That’s too long but my time has been spent on other pursuits during this time that aren’t related to bronze casting. However the spirit of the forge has never left me.
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The lesson …
Earlier this year, Covid-19 struck the UK and we went into lock-down. The schools closed so I embarked upon a small project with my eleven year old son as part of his continued home education.
A little light reading #2
The best investment you can make is in your own education …
If at first you don’t succeed …
Okay, so a new post is now long overdue. Things have been busy recently what with the summer holidays still a fresh (but fading fast) memory and all sorts of other things demanding my time.
Getting a handle on things (part 2)
The time had come to cast this bad boy!
Bullet casings …
Thanks to my son’s rifle club, I now have a reliable source of raw material in the form of brass bullet casings.
Getting a handle on things (part 1)
I’ve been keen to make this one of my first casting projects and decided to allow my imagination a little creative freedom to boot.
Making stuff
So, further to my previous shopping list post, I have constructed some additional stuff.
Shopping list …
So, I now have the furnace which is great, but I also need a few other crucial items before I can begin casting. Here’s the list …
Molten iron at white heat …
This made me chuckle … 🙂 …
